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Division 44

Posted on March 8, 2023 by Alyssa Sonnenburg

The U.S. Center for Disease Control is sending out an LGBTQ inclusive self-assessment guide to all schools in the country. The agency wants to find out how committed schools are to providing a safe and inclusive environment for these students. The CDC’s school health division believes that when schools provide such an environment for gay and transgender students, it will improve the health and success of all students.

Posted in Federal, Sexuality | Tagged American Psychiatric Association, American Psychological Association, CDC, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, Division 44, DSM-II, GLSEN, GSA, Ignacio Martin-Baro, Judith Glassgold, LGBTQ, Liberation Psychology, U.S. Center for Disease Control | Comments Off

In Quest to Normalize Polyamory American Psychological Association Loses All Credibility

Posted on July 8, 2019 by David E Smith

No one with an iota of integrity, a morsel of morality, or a pittance of professionalism should ever cite the American Psychological Association (APA) again. Why not, you may be wondering. Well, the APA has a special area called Division 44 (kind of like Nevada’s Area 51). Division 44 is also called “The Society for the Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity (SPSOGD).” Division 44 was founded “in 1985 by a group of pioneering LGB psychologists and their allies,” and one of its primary purposes is to “promote the development and delivery of affirmative psychological services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender and gender nonconforming and queer people.” In the service of this purpose, last year Division 44...

Posted in Sexuality | Tagged Alan MacRobert, Amy Moors, Charles Moser, Cunning Minx, Dave Doleshal, Division 44, Dossie Easton, Elisabeth Sheff, Heath Schechinger, Jes Matsick, John Sakaluk, Justin Lehmiller, Kenneth Haslam, Kinsey Institute, National Coalition for Sexual Freedom, Richard A. Sprott, Ryan Witherspoon, Susan Wright, The American Psychological Association, The Consensual Non-Monogamy Task Force, The Society for the Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity, Unitarian Universalist | Comments Off